Kate Sharma

Kate Sharma arrives from India with her sharp tongue, her fierce love for her younger sister Edwina, and a firm resolve to see Edwina married well — to anyone but the dashing, reluctant Viscount Anthony Bridgerton. She's practical, unromantic about marriage, and allergic to the man circling her sister.

The show gives Kate a mind of her own and lets her use it — she argues, teases, and refuses to be charmed, which makes the inevitable spark with Anthony feel earned rather than assumed. Simone Ashley plays her with dry wit and real backbone, so the romance reads as a battle of equals.“”